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Harmless Virus Key To Understanding How Celiac Disease Develops
By Gerard Black | Apr 08, 2017 11:13 AM EDTUnderstanding how celiac disease develops is an urgent area of study as an increasing number of Americans are being diagnosed with the disease.
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Chew Your Food: Study Reveals Chewing Longer Fights Illness
By Beatrix Smith | Jan 21, 2017 10:06 AM ESTChewing food properly leads to the release of immune cells, Th17 cells, which help protect against infection and illness.
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New Breast Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise In Curbing Deadly Disease
By Angela Laguipo | Jan 05, 2017 09:00 AM ESTResearchers have created a new immune vaccine intended to fight and kill breast cancer cells.
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One Dose of Trastuzumab Triggers Immune Response in some Breast Cancers, Study finds
By Cheri Cheng | Mar 01, 2016 10:39 AM ESTTrastuzumab can be effective in treating certain breast cancers, a new study found.
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Scientists Block Specific Cells To Prevent Autism In Mice
By R. Siva Kumar | Jan 31, 2016 03:28 PM ESTResearchers show that a particular subset of cells may the key to curing autism.
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Hyperactive Immune Response At Birth May Lead To Childhood Allergies
By R. Siva Kumar | Jan 16, 2016 06:08 PM ESTResearchers explain that a common characteristic shows why babies grow up to have allergies.
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Celiac Disease can be Triggered by Non-Gluten Proteins, Study Finds
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 06, 2014 10:07 AM ESTA new study found that people with celiac disease reacted to five groups of non-gluten wheat proteins.
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Probiotics Could Potentially Treat Depression
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 15, 2013 05:05 PM ESTResearchers suggested that probiotics have the potential to treat conditions, such as depression.
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Mosquito-Transferred Malaria Lowers Severity of the Symptoms
By Cheri Cheng | May 30, 2013 01:41 PM EDTResearchers found that when mosquitoes transfered the malaria parasite, the genetic activity of the parasite resets and results in a less severe form of malaria.
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Scientists Make Safer Vaccines Using Infectious Bacteria
By Christine Hsu | Mar 13, 2013 10:43 AM EDTScientists can make vaccines more effective by using weakened but live pathogens to trigger immune responses. While the technique has safety issues, scientists at Yale University have developed a way to make the vaccine safer by using the bacteria's own cellular mistake to deliver a safe vaccine.
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Zinc Calms the Immune System and Stops Infections from Going Haywire
By Christine Hsu | Feb 08, 2013 12:17 PM ESTZinc can help control infections by stopping the immune system from going haywire and spiraling out of control in people with inflammatory conditions like sepsis, according to a new study.
